Index

INDEX

• American-Canadian Fisheries Conference. See under Canada.
• American Geographical Society, economic survey of Guatemalan-Honduran boundary, 103–114
• American International Corp., loans to China for surveys of Grand Canal Conservancy project, 615–626
• Argentina:
  • Cable from Buenos Aires to Montevideo, concession granted to the Central & South American Telegraph Co., 172–183; British protest, 172–173, 174; decrees affecting (texts), 175–178, 182–183; Western Telegraph Co., protests, 174–175, 178–180, 181–182
  • Good offices and mediation, offer of. See under Tacna-Arica dispute.
• Arms and munitions. See under China.
• Ashmead, Maj. Percy H., executive of economic survey of Guatemalan-Honduran boundary, 105, 106–107, 113–114
• Asylum in U.S. consulate at San José, Costa Rica, 828, 831, 839–840
• Austria: peace with China, 384; trade with the United States, reopening, 184–186; U.S. Commissioner, appointment, 187–188
• Bank of Commerce, China. See under China.
• Belgium: consortium for China, question of Belgian participation, 428–429, 431, 436, 460; visit of King and Queen to the United States, 189–191
• Bethlehem Steel Co., participation in erection of a naval arsenal in Brazil, 213, 214, 217–218
• Bolivia: convention with the United States for the establishment of a gold-clearance fund (text), 42–44; Tacna-Arica claims, 125–126, 146–148, 156–157, 158, 160, 162; treaty of amity with China, 409
• Bonilla, Policarpo, Honduran Envoy on Special Mission to the United States, 96, 97
• Boundary disputes (see also Tacna-Arica dispute):
  • Colombia and Panama: Panaman claim, 73–74; U.S. attitude, 74–79; withdrawal of claim, 79–80
  • Colombia and Peru, good offices of the United States, 80–81, 82, 83, 84
  • Colombia and Venezuela, good offices of the United States, 81, 82–83, 83–84
  • Guatemala and Honduras:
    • Cuyamel Fruit Co. and Railroad, activities, 85, 86, 89, 90, 91, 92–93, 94, 95–96, 98, 100, 101, 109, 110
    • Good offices of the United States, 85, 86–87
    • Mediation by the United States, 88, 89–90, 92, 95, 99, 100–102
      • Special missions at Washington, 92, 95, 96–97, 98–99
      • Surveys of disputed territory, 99, 101, 102–106; reports on economic survey by the American Geographical Society, 106–114
    • Military occupation of disputed territory, 85–86, 86–87, 87–88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93–94, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102
  • Honduras and Nicaragua: award of the King of Spain, attitude of Nicaragua, 119; good offices of the United States, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119–120, 121, 122; military forces in disputed territory, charges, 115, 121, 122, 123; violations of status quo charged, 115, 116, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122
• Brazil:
  • Cables to Cuba and Uruguay, concessions granted to the Central & South American Telegraph Co., 193–204; contracts, delay in registration, 193–200, 204; decrees affecting, 201–202, 203–204; Western Telegraph Co., opposition, 200–201, 202–203
  • Good offices, attitude toward U.S. suggestion in Tacna-Arica dispute, 142
  • Naval arsenal, plans for construction of, 204–218; U.S. participation, discussion, 205, 213–214, 215, 217–218; Vickers-Arm-strong, proposals and draft contract, 20–213, 213–215, 217, 218n
• Cables. See under Argentina; Brazil.
• Canada, fisheries:
  • American-Canadian Fisheries Conference, report and recommendations: Canadian views, 219, 221–223, 251–256; U.S. views, 220–221, 239–240, 243–251, 257–258
  • Conventions with the United States:
    • Port privileges of fishing vessels: draft convention (text), 240–242; U.S. discussion, 239–240, 242–243
    • Port privileges of fishing vessels, halibut fishery, lobster fishery, and tariff on fresh fish: Canadian views, 264–266; draft convention (text of Oct. 24, 1919), 258–263; U.S. discussion, 257–258, 263–264, 266–268
    • Protection, preservation, and propagation of sockeye salmon fisheries, 219–239
      • Draft convention: arrangements for publication, 219–220, 221–223, 224; negotiations concerning changes, 223–224, 224–229
      • Signed convention, submission to and withdrawal from U.S. Senate, 229, 236–239; text, 229–236
• Carney, Frank, agent of Central & South American Telegraph Co. in Brazil, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 203
• Central American treaty of 1907, references to, 827, 828, 830, 844, 846, 847–848
• Central & South American Telegraph Co., cables. See under Argentina; Brazil.
• Chang Tso-lin, Gen., Inspector General of Manchuria, 380
• Chang Tsung-hsiang, Chinese ex-Minister to Japan, 365, 387, 700, 710
• Chase National Bank, share in capital of Bank of Commerce, China, 419, 640
• Chile. See Tacna-Arica dispute.
• China (see also Consortium; Manchuria; Mongolia; Shantung):
  • Anfu Party: Central (Peking) Government, controlled by, 350, 351–352, 359–360, 361–362, 364, 377, 378, 379, 382, 398–399; civil war, attitude, 375–376, 378; Japanese alleged aid to, 351–352, 376, 386; opposition to, 377–378; Shanghai Conference, relations, 355, 360, 375–376, 396–397
  • Arms and munitions:
    • Embargo by the United States and other powers, 330, 667–674; Italian exception, 670, 671, 673–674; Japanese attitude, 291, 330–331, 667–668; joint pronouncement, 670
    • Importation from Japan, 291–292, 300, 310, 312–313; protest by Southern Delegation at Shanghai Conference, 297; suspension of deliveries, 300, 302, 317, 331
    • Vickers-Armstrong contract, 672–673
  • Austria, peace with, 384
  • Banditry, 270, 277, 284, 287, 296, 337, 359, 372, 381
  • Bank of Commerce, China: charter, 633–637; negotiations concerning organization of, 411, 418, 419, 627–640; U.S. protection, nature of, 638–639
  • Bolivia, treaty relations, 409
  • Boxer indemnity, use of funds, 277, 411, 640, 693
  • Boycott of Japanese goods. See under Nationalist movement, infra.
  • Canton Conservancy Board, plans for flood control, 337
  • Central (Peking) Government (see also Anfu Party, supra; Northern militarists, infra; Consortium: Loans):
    • Cabinet changes, 271, 331–332, 363–364, 379, 386, 398–399
    • Participation in Shanghai Peace Conference. See Shanghai Peace Conference, infra.
    • President Hsu Shih-ch’ang: disbandment of troops, attitude, 293, 326; domestic peace program, 271–272, 292, 314–315, 352, 356–357, 360; mandate declaring peace with Germany, 383–384; recognition by the South, discussion, 346, 349, 356, 360, 691
    • War Participation Bureau, attitude toward, 303, 305–306, 325–326
  • Chang Tso-ling, Gen., Inspector General of Manchuria, 380
  • Chang Tsung-hsiang, Chinese ex-Minister to Japan, 365, 387, 700, 710
  • Civil war (see also Disbandment of troops, infra):
    • Anfu Party, attitude, 375–376, 378
    • Military situation, 270–271, 284, 290, 297, 304, 308, 315, 322, 331, 347, 359
    • Peace (see also Shanghai Peace Conference, infra):
      • Mediation of Gen. Li Shun: modus operandi for settlement of Shensi dispute, 296, 297, 308, 314–315, 359; proposed mediation between North and South, 353
      • Negotiations between military leaders, 272, 353, 396, 397
      • Policy of President Hsu, 271–272, 292, 293, 314–315, 352, 356–357, 360
      • Representations of the United States and other powers, 272, 291–293, 301, 322, 327–328, 330–331
      • Violations of armistice, charges of, 297, 304–305, 308–309, 316, 318, 328, 329, 359
  • Committee on Public Information, activities in China, 283
  • Continental and Commercial Savings Bank of Chicago. See under Loans, infra.
  • Costa Rica, treatment of Chinese, 815, 817, 859
  • Cotton industry, 285, 393, 413–414
  • Courts, reform of, 408–409, 677, 679, 680, 682–683
  • Currency, issuance of unsecured paper money, 284
  • Currency adviser. See Financial adviser, infra.
  • Currency loan option, extension, 420, 506–508, 523–524, 533, 534–535
  • Customs surplus revenue, attitude of diplomatic corps toward release, 272, 292–293, 294–295, 329, 519
  • Disbandment of troops:
    • Agreement of Northern military governors, 395
    • Estimates of cost, 275, 339–340, 508
    • Northern Delegation to Shanghai Conference, attitude, 345
    • President Hsu, policy, 293, 326
    • Southern Delegation to Shanghai Conference, attitude, 308, 309, 321, 329, 347
    • United States and other powers:
      • Joint action, 311, 316, 321, 322–324; Japanese attitude, 311–312, 323
      • Loans to defray expense of disbandment. See Consortium: Loans: Advances to Central (Peking) Government.
  • Education: Chinese students abroad, 410–411; conditions, 339, 415
  • Embargo on imports of arms and munitions. See under Arms and munitions, supra.
  • Extraterritoriality: abolition contemplated, 280, 408–409, 674–684; reform of courts, 408–409, 677, 679, 680, 682–683; refusal of extraterritorial rights to nationals of new states, 684–685
  • Feng Kuo-chang, ex-President, political activities, 378
  • Financial adviser, proposed appointment of Japanese, 422, 507, 556–566; French attitude, 569; Japanese Ambassador to the United States, views, 556, 557, 559–562, 564–565; U.S. Secretary of State, views, 558, 562–563, 566
  • Financial situation (see also Loans, infra): reports of U.S. Minister concerning, 272, 274–275, 280–281, 284, 292–293, 293–294, 295, 338–339, 340–341, 398, 483–484, 508–509, 519; statement of Chinese Minister of Finance, 513–516
  • Flood prevention in Canton delta, plans, 337
  • Foochow, Japanese-Chinese affray, 406–407
  • Foodstuffs, cost, 416
  • France, facilities for Chinese students, 410–411
  • Fukien, Japanese claim of special interests, 438
  • Glass, S. W. (U.S. citizen), attacked by Japanese, 371–372, 385–386
  • Grand Canal Conservancy project, loans by American International Corp. for surveys, 615–626; agreements (texts), 617–620, 624–626; Japanese participation, 617
  • Hsü Shih-ch’ang, President of China. See under Central (Peking) Government, supra.
  • Hsü Shu-cheng (Little Hsü), Gen., 318–319, 361, 362, 363, 386, 398, 400–402
  • Hulutao, development of port, 373–375, 512, 516–517
  • Kiaochow. See Shantung.
  • Loans, domestic, 340, 419, 484, 505–506, 509, 513
  • Loans, foreign (see also under Consortium):
    • Arms loan contract, Japanese, 310, 312–313
    • Continental and Commercial Savings Bank of Chicago, negotiations for renewal of existing loan and for a supplementary loan, 388, 417, 418, 484, 485, 505, 520–521, 522, 524–528; attitude of foreign powers, 499, 528–530, 533–534, 536; cancelation of supplementary loan contract, 418, 501, 530–533, 536, 537–538, 539–540
    • Currency loan option, extension, 420, 506–508, 523–524, 527, 533, 534–535
    • French bank loans, 418
    • Grand Canal Conservancy project, loans by American International Corp. for surveys, 615–626
    • Hukuang Railway loan, 287–288, 423, 436, 560–570
    • Hulutao port, loan negotiations, 373–375, 512, 516–517
    • Japanese loans (see also War Participation Loan, infra), 275, 280–281, 290, 310, 312–313, 520, 541, 574–578, 615
    • Ministry of Education, loan by International Banking Corp., 510, 511–512, 518
    • Pacific Development Corp., loan negotiations, 418, 540, 545; Japanese attitude, 550–551; U.S. attitude, 418, 544, 546, 547, 552–553
    • Provincial loans, 520, 522
    • Railway loans. See Railways, infra.
    • Salt revenue, use of surplus as security for loans, 417, 505–506, 527, 531, 532, 534, 537, 540
    • War Participation Loan, Japanese:
      • Agreement (text), 342–343
      • Japanese attitude toward execution of loan and withdrawals, 291, 292, 299, 300–301, 301–302, 312–314, 316, 317, 320, 331
      • Perversion of use of funds, 276, 293, 299–300, 319
      • Protests of Southern Delegation to Shanghai Conference, 307, 330; attitude of Northern Government, 305–306
      • United States and other powers, efforts to prevent execution of loan and withdrawals, 298, 312, 316, 321, 324–325; Chinese attitude, 325, 327
    • Wine and tobacco revenue, use as security for loans, 388, 417, 418, 505, 520, 526, 528, 540, 541
  • Lu Tsung-yü, 361, 365, 700, 710
  • Meng En-yuan, Gen., removal as military governor of Kirin, 379–380
  • National Defense Bureau (see also War Participation Bureau, infra), 299, 318, 321, 362–363
  • Nationalist movement, originated by students, 365–366, 402–403, 404–407, 416, 696–698, 699–700, 708–712
    • Boycott of Japanese goods, 344, 365–366, 386, 392–393, 402, 404–407, 416, 691, 696, 698, 699–700, 708, 710; effect upon Japan, 699–700, 701
    • Resignation of Chinese officials, 700, 710
    • Strikes and demonstrations, 365, 366, 405–406, 406–407, 696, 708, 710
  • Newspapers: Japanese interests, 370, 371, 389, 407–408, 412; U.S. interests, 389–391, 411–412
  • Northern Government. See Central (Peking) Government, supra.
  • Northern militarists (see also Anfu Party, supra; War Participation Bureau, infra): Central (Peking) Government, relations, 271, 272, 270–277, 293, 316, 317–319, 326, 328, 377–378, 403; disbandment of troops, attitude, 395; Japanese alleged aid, 275, 281, 303, 320, 323, 324, 344, 350, 361, 376, 386; Southern militarists, alleged relations, 344, 352, 376, 382, 396, 397
  • Northwest Frontier Defense Bureau (see also War Participation Bureau, infra), 318, 321, 360, 363, 380
  • Opium: cultivation, 337, 372–373, 391, 414–415; import regulations, 662, 664
  • Pacific Development Corp. See under Loans, foreign, supra.
  • Parliaments: new, status, 350–351, 382, 403; old, disruption of Shanghai Conference over question of restoration, 344, 345, 348–349, 350–351, 353, 356, 358; plans for solving constitutional problem, 273–274, 351, 398
  • Peace Conference, domestic. See Shanghai Peace Conference, infra.
  • Peace Conference at Versailles:
    • Activities of Chinese Delegation, 279, 280, 333, 367; Obata incident, 333, 686
    • Decision concerning Shantung. See Shantung.
    • Southern Government’s appeal to President Wilson and Lloyd George, 690–691
  • Peace with Central Powers, 383–384, 878
  • Propaganda: anti-American, 335–336, 370–371, 389, 412, 688–689; Chinese postal privileges for Allied propaganda, 369–370; enemy, 283
  • Railways (see also Chinese Eastern Railway):
    • Chinchow-Aigun Railway concession, 373–375, 512, 516–517
    • Hukuang Railway:
      • Confiscation by China of German bond issue, 583–590
      • Elimination of German interests, 288, 337, 567–568, 572–573, 578–583; Chinese attitude, 578–579, 581, 582–583
      • Loan, 287–288, 423, 436, 568, 569–570
    • Hulutao terminus, loan negotiations, 373–375, 512, 516–517
    • Japanese railway loans, 337, 574–578
    • Kaomi-Hsuchow Railway loan, 567, 574–576
    • Manchurian and Mongolian Railway loan, 576–578
    • Shantung Railway: agreement between China and Japan concerning management, 281–282, 566–567, 570, 572, 715, 718; arbitrary conduct of Japanese authorities, 288–289, 368, 386, 407
    • Siems-Carey options, 288, 452–453
    • Traffic facilities, condition of, 286–287, 336
    • Tsinan-Shunteh Railway loan, 567, 574–576
    • Unification plans, 286, 336, 389
  • Repatriation of Germans, 332
  • River navigation, reciprocal rights under treaties with Russia, 387
  • Road building, 415–416
  • Salt revenue, use of surplus, 296, 417, 505, 506, 527, 531, 532, 534, 537, 540
  • Secret agreements with Japan, 333, 344, 345, 347, 348, 394–395, 396, 686, 690–691, 717, 718–721, 877–878
  • Shanghai, foreign settlement: Chinese representation on city council, 409–410; disturbances, 696–698, 700, 708–712
  • Shanghai Peace Conference:
    • Agenda, 273–274
    • Appointment and personnel of delegations, 272–273, 296, 299, 317, 355, 375–376, 396–397
    • Convening of Conference (Feb. 22):
      • Delays in convening, 290, 292, 293, 294, 329
      • Opening session, 296, 299, 328, 329
      • Protests of Southern Delegation against Shensi hostilities and importation of arms, 297, 304–305, 307–310, 329; replies, 305–306, 329–330
      • Resignation of Northern Delegation in protest against Shensi hostilities, 305, 329
      • Suspension of sessions (Mar. 1), 316, 318–319, 322, 328, 330, 359
    • Reconvening of Conference (Apr. 7), 341–342, 346, 359
      • Request of Northern Delegation for resumption of Conference, 314–315
      • Eight demands of Southern Delegation, 345–350, 360; views of Northern Delegation, 345–346, 360
      • Resignation of both delegations, disagreement on restoration of old parliament, 344, 346, 350, 353, 360, 375, 691
      • Suspension of sessions (May 15), 350, 353, 359, 360, 375
    • Resumption of negotiations:
      • Representations of the United States and other powers, 353–355; reception by President Hsu, 356–357; reply of Southern Military Government, 357–358
      • Refusal of Southern Delegation to resume negotiations prior to publication of secret treaties with Japan, 394–395, 396–397
  • Shantung Railway. See under Railways, supra.
  • Siems-Carey options, 288, 452–453
  • Southern militarists: banditry, relations, 284; Central (Peking) Government, reported loan from, 344; Northern militarists, alleged relations, 344, 352, 376, 382, 396, 397
  • Southern Military Government (see also Shanghai Peace Conference, supra): appeal to President Wilson and Lloyd George, 690–691; authority, extent, 381–382; opposition to Shantung settlement, 347, 383
  • Special interests of foreign powers. See Consortium: Four-power consortium: Resolutions and draft agreement of banking groups: Manchuria and Mongolia; also Chinese Eastern Railway: Agreement between the United States and Japan: U.S. reservations.
  • Strikes and demonstrations. See Nationalist movement, supra.
  • Students (see also Nationalist movement, supra), education abroad, 410–411
  • Switzerland, treaty relations, 409
  • Tariff revision:
    • Attitude of China, 280, 337, 640, 643, 647–648, 649
    • China Tariff Revision Commission: basis of valuations, 643, 646, 648, 651–654; formation, 640, 641–642, 644–645, 640–650; report, delay in receipt by the United States, 656, 657, 658; resolutions adopted, 660–661; rules annexed to tariff, 659, 662–664, 665–666
    • Effective date of revised tariff, 337, 655, 657, 659–660, 665, 666
    • Land frontier tariff revision: France, attitude, 642, 644, 646–647; Great Britain, attitude, 642, 647; Russian Minister, attitude, 641, 642, 647, 656; U.S. attitude, 647, 654, 655
    • Surtax, Chinese plan for temporary institution, 643, 647–648, 649; U.S. and other powers, attitude, 650, 651
    • Transit taxes, 338, 391, 660–661
    • Treaty with the United States, discussion, 640, 642, 645, 655, 657, 658–659, 665, 666–667
  • Tibet: hostilities with Chinese, 274; Japanese propaganda concerning Great Britain, 407–408, 696, 700
  • Trade and industry, reports of U.S. Minister on, 284, 285–286, 337, 370, 391, 393–394, 413–415, 416–417
  • Treaties:
    • Amity treaties with Bolivia and Switzerland, 409
    • Extraterritoriality treaties of 1844 and 1903, articles quoted, 676–677
    • Peace treaty between Austria and Allied and Associated Governments, signature, 384; between Germany and Allied and Associated Governments, attitude, 382–383
    • Secret agreements with Japan, 333, 344, 345, 347, 348, 394–395, 396, 690–691, 717, 718–721, 877–878
    • Tariff revision treaty with the United States, discussion, 640, 642, 645, 655, 657, 658–659, 665, 666–667
  • Tsao Ju-lin, Cabinet member, 271, 361, 363, 365, 700, 710; student demonstration against, 365
  • Tuan Chi-jui, ex-Premier: civil war, attitude, 292, 293, 319; influence, 271, 344, 345, 361, 377, 378, 379; War Participation Bureau, control of, 276, 298, 299–300, 318, 325–326; World War, attitude toward participation, 277, 301, 384
  • United States, Chinese attitude toward, 282, 334–335, 335–336, 369, 387–388
  • U.S. citizens in China: attacked by Japanese, 371–372, 385–386, 406–407; U.S. warning to refrain from political activities, 723
  • War Participation Bureau (see also Arms and munitions: Importation from Japan, and Disbandment of troops, supra): Activities in Mongolia, 363, 380–381, 400–401; control of Bureau by Gen. Tuan and Northern militarists, 276, 299, 321, 326, 362–363; dissolution, attitude of Central (Peking) Government toward, 303, 305–306, 325–326; [Page 887] organization and original purpose, 276, 305; reorganization into National Defense Bureau and Northwest Defense Bureau, 299, 318, 321, 363, 380
  • War Participation Loan. See under Loans, foreign, supra.
  • War vessels on rivers in Russian territory, 387
  • Wine and Tobacco Administration:
    • Reorganization under loan agreements, 418, 540, 545, 547, 548–549, 551–552; French attitude, 418, 551–552
    • Revenue as security for loans, 388, 417, 418, 505, 520, 526, 528, 540, 541
  • World War: Chinese attitude, 277–279, 301, 384; declaration of war, ratification by Parliament, 278; enemy propaganda, 283; enemy property, sequestration, 278, 332, 384; loan, Chinese subscription to, 278; peace with Germany by Presidential mandate (text), 383–384
• Chinese Eastern Railway, operation of:
  • Agreement between the United States and Japan for inter-Allied supervision of Siberian railways, 279, 334, 590–592, 593–594, 594–596, 599, 601–602
    • Acceptance by China, with reservations, 279, 334, 592–593, 597, 599–601, 602–604; U.S. attitude, 593–594, 597–598
    • Approval of France, Great Britain, and Italy, 597, 598, 602
    • U.S. reservations as to financial responsibility and interpretation of “special interests”, 594–596; Japanese concurrence in interpretation, 599
  • Financial support, 605, 610–612, 613, 615
  • Gauge, Japanese plan to change, 606, 607, 608, 609; U.S. disapproval, 606, 607, 612
  • Recommendations of Inter-Allied Railway Committee, 604–605
  • Semenov, attempt to gain control, 610, 613–614
• Colombia:
  • Boundary disputes with Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. See under Boundary disputes.
  • Cays, U.S. erection of lighthouses on. See Lighthouses, infra.
  • Convention with the United States for the establishment of a gold-clearance fund, attitude, 42n
  • Lighthouses, erection by the United States:
    • U.S. proclamations concerning reservations for lighthouse purposes on Quita Sueño, Serrana, and Roncador Cays, 796, 797–798; Colombian attitude, 755, 798–801; construction, 801
    • U.S. request for permission to erect on Old Providence Island and Courtown Cays, 795; Colombian reply, 797
  • Oil deposits, legislation concerning ownership of:
    • Decree (June 20) regulating exploration, 725, 737, 738, 739, 741, 752, 759, 763–769, 769–770, 771, 772, 773, 775–776; annulment (Nov. 26), 746, 781–782; constitutionality, 754, 770, 775–776, 779, 780; similarity to Mexican decree, 737, 739, 771, 773; suspension (July 22), 741, 746, 769–770
    • Petroleum law, enactment of, 754, 756, 760, 762, 772, 778–779, 782, 783–784; text, 784–795
    • U.S. interests, negotiations for protection of, 737–747, 748–763, 771–775, 776–779, 779–780, 782
  • President Suárez, message to Congress, 724–725
  • Quita Sueño Banks, U.S. proclamation and erection of lighthouse on, 796, 798–802
  • Rights of foreigners, declaration by Colombian Senate, 739, 749–750; U.S. attitude, 751
  • Roncador Cay, U.S. proclamation and erection of lighthouse on, 797–802
  • Serrana Banks, U.S. proclamation and erection of lighthouse on, 796, 798–802
  • Treaty of 1846 with the United States, alleged violation by the United States, 750, 751
  • Treaty of 1914 with the United States, efforts to secure ratification, 726–763, 776–779, 779–780, 782
    • Agreement to safeguard U.S. oil interests, negotiations for, 737–747, 748–763, 771–775, 776–779, 779–780, 782
    • Modification of original articles, U.S. proposals, 726, 728–729, 731–733, 747; Colombian views, 727, 730–731, 733, 745, 748
  • Tropical Oil Co., contract, 774–775
  • U.S. domestic mining legislation, Colombian criticism, 775, 776–778
• Commission to Negotiate Peace, U.S.: appointment of Polk as chairman, 3; plans for return to the United States, 17–19, 20–21, 22, 24–25, 26
• Committee to Coordinate the Interpretation and Execution of the Clauses of the Treaty with Germany: creation and functions, 1, 6–7, 14–15, 16–17, 19, 20, 21; U.S. representation, 1, 7, 8, 17, 19, 21
• Compagnie des Cables Sud-Américains, cable concession in Brazil, 201–202
• Conference of Ambassadors: functions, 21, 29, 33, 35; U.S. representation, 21, 22, 32
• Consortium, negotiations for the organization of a new international consortium for China:
  • Agreement of banking groups, draft texts, 435–436, 439–442
  • Belgian participation, question of, 428–429, 431, 436, 455, 460, 473, 474
  • Chinese Syndicate participation, question of, 474, 475–476
  • Conferences of banking groups, 423, 425–426, 430–431, 433, 434–436, 449, 450, 451–452, 573–574
  • Diplomatic support of nationals. See under Four-power consortium: Resolutions and draft agreement, infra.
  • Four-power consortium:
    • Initiative and proposal of United States, 420–435, 528; British attitude, 422–423, 426–428; Chinese attitude, 458–459, 462, 464–465, 474; French attitude, 432–433; Japanese attitude, 423, 425, 430, 431, 432, 434, 456, 459
    • Resolutions and draft agreement of banking groups:
      • Conferences of banking groups, 423, 425–426, 430–431, 433, 434–436, 449, 450, 451–452, 573–574
      • Diplomatic support of nationals, British and French reservations regarding, 442–449, 455–456, 457, 471, 477; modification of formula and acceptance by participating powers, 461, 463, 465, 466–467, 468–470, 471, 477, 492–493
      • Manchuria and Mongolia, Japanese reservations regarding, 452, 480, 482, 483, 491, 502, 539, 554; banking groups’ refusal to admit reservations, 454–455, 457–458, 459, 472, 477; British position, 467, 476–478, 483, 488, 489, 491–492, 499, 502–504, 530, 546; French position, 465–466, 470, 478–480, 483; U.S. position, 454–455, 456–457, 459, 461–462, 465, 471–473, 480, 493–499, 500–501, 502, 504, 535–537, 542, 552–553; U.S. proposal to eliminate Japan and proceed with three-power consortium (see Three-power consortium, infra).
      • Texts, 435–436, 439–442
      • U.S. approval, 436–439
    • Three-power consortium, U.S. proposal, 455, 456, 457, 480–482, 486–487, 488–490, 495–496, 527; British attitude, 460, 482, 488, 489, 491; Chinese attitude, 484, 485–486; French attitude, 459, 460, 466, 470, 483, 487–488, 489
  • Italian participation, question of, 431–432, 474–475, 476, 500, 501
  • Loans:
    • Advances to Central (Peking) Government:
      • Chinese appeal to old consortium, 459, 466, 474, 483–484, 485, 496
      • Chinese requests, 453, 483–484, 485, 512–516, 517; U.S. attitude, 462–463, 464, 486–487
      • Four-power advance of 5 million pounds, British suggestion of, 492, 499, 530, 533–534, 542–543, 546, 548, 554–555; French attitude, 548, 554, 555; Japanese attitude, 539, 543–544, 545, 553–554, 554–555; U.S. attitude, 501, 533, 536–539, 541–542, 554, 555
      • U.S. suggestions, 420, 436–437, 511
    • Currency loan option, extension of, 420, 506–508, 523–524, 533, 534–535
    • Industrial loans:
      • Inclusion within scope of consortium, British views, 422–423, 427–428; French views, 432–433, 444; Japanese views, 423
      • Pooling, bankers’ resolutions regarding, 435, 436, 440, 477, 494–495
        • Japanese reservations as to rights in Manchuria and Mongolia. See Four-power consortium: Resolutions and draft agreement of banking groups: Manchuria and Mongolia, supra.
        • U.S. attitude, 438
    • Railway loans. See specific railways under China: Railways.
  • Manchuria and Mongolia, Japanese reservations regarding. See under Four-power consortium: Resolutions and draft agreement of banking groups, supra.
  • Old consortium: Chinese appeal for advance from, 459, 466, 474, 483–484, 485, 496, 514; extension of currency loan option under, 420, 506–508, 523–524, 533, 534–535; extension pending completion of new consortium, 450–451, 457
  • Russian participation, question of, 423, 455, 460, 473
  • Three-power consortium. See under Four-power consortium, supra.
• Continental and Commercial Savings Bank of Chicago. See under China: Loans, foreign.
• Costa Rica:
  • Acosta, Julio:
    • Counter-revolutionary activities, 811, 812, 813, 814, 819–820, 823, 825; occupation of Pena Blanca and proclamation as Provisional President, 814; requests for U.S. recognition, 815, 854; return to San José, 859, 860, 861–862
    • Election as President, 865
  • Aguilar Barquero, Francisco, Provisional President: annulment of Tinoco decrees, 864; assumption of office, 858–859, 860–861, 862–863; cabinet, 861, 862–863; relations with revolutionary forces, 850–851, 860, 861–862; request for U.S. recognition, 864; U.S. attitude, 857, 859
  • Asylum in U.S. consulate, 828, 831, 839–840
  • Chinese, treatment of, 815, 817, 859
  • Constitution of 1871, restoration, 863
  • Counter-revolutionary movements:
    • Organization of Tinoco opponents in Nicaragua: Costa Rican representations to the United States, 804, 805–808, 809–810, 816–817, 822, 829–830, 833, 843–844, 845, 846–847, 856; Nicaraguan attitude, 805, 811, 812, 813, 816, 818–819, 823; U.S. attitude, 810, 811, 812, 814, 817, 818, 822, 846, 849, 852–853
    • Raids from Nicaragua by Tinoco opponents, 811, 812, 813, 814, 819–820, 823, 825, 843, 845, 846
    • Return of Tinoco opponents to San José, 859, 860, 861–862
    • Uprising in San José, 828, 830, 831, 835, 839, 851
  • Elections, 854, 856, 857, 858, 859, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865
  • Germany, peace with, 844
  • Oil concessions:
    • Amory, John M., British interests, 872–873, 876
    • Greulich, L. J., American interests, 866–867, 868–869, 871–872; transferred to Costa Rica Oil Corp., 872
    • Pearson & Son of London, contract disapproved by Costa Rican Congress, 865–866
    • U.S. attitude, 866, 868, 869–871, 873, 874–875, 876
  • Quirós, Juan Bautista, Acting President: assumption of office as Tinoco’s successor, 848, 850, 851, 855, 856; cabinet, 851; relations with revolutionary forces, 851, 855; transfer of powers to Aguilar, 857–858, 861, 862–863, 864; U.S. attitude, 851, 854, 855–856, 856–858
  • Salvador, proposal for joint Central American action to effect Costa Rican peace, 844; Guatemalan attitude, 849; Nicaraguan attitude, 844; U.S. attitude, 847–848
  • Tinoco, Federico, government of (see also Counter-revolutionary movements, supra):
    • Acts, annulled by Aguilar government, 864
    • Measures to suppress opponents, 803–804, 805, 809, 812, 813, 819, 820–821, 824, 826–827, 827–828, 836
    • Recognition: Central American republics, proposed recall of recognition, 844, 848, 849; U.S. attitude, 821, 823–824, 834, 847, 848, 851, 856
    • Surrender of power to Quirós, 837–838, 848, 849–850, 851, 855, 856
  • Tinoco, Joaquin, 803, 808, 831, 836, 838, 848, 849, 850
  • Traveling salesmen, convention With the United States to facilitate the work of, 45n
  • Treaties and conventions:
    • Central American treaty of 1907, references to, 827, 828, 830, 844, 846, 847–848, 852
    • Convention with the United States to facilitate the work of traveling salesmen, 45n
    • Peace treaty of Versailles, U.S. Senate resolution concerning lack of signature by Costa Rica, 849; State Department explanation, 853–854
  • U.S. citizens, protection of lives and property:
    • Attacks on U.S. Legation and consulate, 820, 824, 828, 831, 839–840
    • Interference with telegraph service, 808, 813, 816, 819, 820
    • Statements of U.S. consular officers as to need for protection, 814–815, 817, 819–820, 820–821, 825–827, 828, 830, 831, 834, 836, 838–843, 844–845; Costa Rican denials of need, 821–822, 832–834; U.S. attitude, 817–818, 823–824, 824–825, 826, 831–832
    • Visit of U.S. warships, 830, 832–834, 836, 837, 838, 840–843, 845, 861, 862
  • U.S. intervention, question of, 835–836
• Council of Heads of Delegations. See Supreme Council.
• Dulles, John Foster, U.S. member on committees of the Peace Conference, 1, 2, 7, 8
• Ecuador: convention with the United States for the establishment of a gold-clearance fund, 42n; good offices, attitude toward U.S. suggestion in Tacna-Arica dispute, 129, 136, 143
• Edwards, Agustin, Chilean representative, 151, 155, 156
• Embargo on the importation of arms and munitions. See under China: Arms and munitions.
• Feng Kuo-chang, ex-President of China, 378
• Financial Conference, Second Pan American, plans, 37–41, 782
• Fisheries. See Canada.
• France (see also Consortium): cable interests in Brazil, 201–202; duties levied at Chinese land frontiers, 642, 644, 646–647; education of Chinese students, plan, 410–411; embargo on imports of arms into China, attitude, 669, 670, 671, 673–674; loans in China, 418; Wine and Tobacco Administration in China, question of French or U.S. supervision, 418, 547, 548–549, 551–552
• Germany (see also Treaties, conventions, etc.: Peace treaty between Germany and Allied and Associated Powers):
  • Interests in China. See China: Railways: Hukuang Railway; Shantung.
  • Peace with China, 383–384
  • Peace treaty with the United States, 25
  • Propaganda in China, 283
  • Repatriation of Germans in China, 332
  • Sequestration of property in China, 278, 332, 384
• Glass, S. W. (U.S. citizen), attacked in Manchuria by Japanese, 371–372, 385–386
• Gold-clearance fund, draft convention for the establishment of, 42–44
• Good offices. See under Boundary disputes; Tacna-Arica dispute.
• Great Britain (see also Canada; Consortium): cable interests in Argentina and Brazil, 172–173, 174–175, 178–180, 181–182, 200–201, 202–203; civil war in China, efforts to end, 322, 354–357; education of Chinese students, 411; embargo on imports of arms into China, attitude, 667, 669, 670, 671, 672–673; oil, views on U.S. Public Lands Leasing Bill, 168–170; Tacna-Arica dispute, proposals of British Chargé in Bolivia, 145–146; Tibet, interests in, 407–408, 696, 700; Vickers-Armstrong proposals and draft contract for erection of naval arsenal in Brazil, 204–213, 213–215, 217, 218n
• Guatemala:
  • Attitude toward joint Central American action in regard to Costa Rica, 849
  • Boundary dispute with Honduras. See under Boundary disputes.
  • Convention with the United States for the establishment of a gold-clearance fund, 42n
  • Convention with the United States to facilitate the work of traveling salesmen, 45n
• Haiti, convention with the United States for the establishment of a gold-clearance fund, 42n
• Halibut fishery of the Pacific, 244, 248, 254, 261–262
• Hayden, Stone & Co., share in capital of Bank of Commerce, China, 419, 640
• Honduras:
  • Boundary disputes with Guatemala and Nicaragua. See under Boundary disputes.
  • Sinchado, U.S. request for exequatur for consular agent at, 87, 92
• Hoover, Herbert C., withdrawal from Supreme Economic Council, 5, 8–9
• Hsu Shih-ch’ang, President of China. See under China: Central (Peking) Government.
• Hsu Shu-cheng (Little Hsü), Gen., 318–319, 361, 362, 363, 386, 398, 400–402
• Income-tax laws of the United States, understanding between Spain and the United States concerning, 56–57, 60, 61, 63
• International Banking Corp., loan in China, 510, 511–512, 518
• International Labor Conference, First, 35–36
• Italy: Chinese customs surplus, attitude toward release of, 519; consortium for China, question of Italian participation, 431–432, 474–475, 476, 500, 501
• Japan, policy in China. See China; Chinese Eastern Railway; Consortium; Shantung.
• Japanese press, criticism of U.S. policy in China, 686–690, 692–693, 696, 700
• Kiaochow. See Shantung.
• Labor Conference, First International, 35–36
• Lansing, Robert, U.S. Commissioner to Negotiate Peace, 1
• Lansing-Ishii agreement, invoked by Japan, 452, 454, 455, 456–457, 493
• League of Nations, 20; China, relations, 282, 384; Tacna-Arica dispute, submission discussed, 157–159, 160
• Lighthouses. See under Colombia.
• Lobster fishery, 243–244, 247–248, 253–254, 256, 261
• Lu Tsung-yü, Chinese ofilcial, 361, 365, 700, 710
• Manchuria:
  • Japanese-Chinese armed clash, 385
  • Japanese railway interests, 374, 576–578
  • Japanese reservations as to rights in Manchuria and Mongolia. See under Consortium: Four-power consortium: Resolutions and draft agreement.
  • U.S. citizen attacked by Japanese, 371–372, 385–386
• Mediation. See under Boundary disputes: Guatemala and Honduras; Tacna-Arica dispute.
• Meng En-yuan, military governor of Kirin, 379–380
• Mexico, nationalization of oil lands, 737, 738–739, 771, 773, 779
• Military commission, Versailles, 5–6, 29
• Military missions in the Baltic States and Hungary, 25
• Mongolia:
  • Autonomy, cancelation, 399–402
  • Development, Chinese plans, 363, 402
  • General Hsu’s troops in, 363, 380–381, 400
  • Japanese railway loan, 576–578
  • Japanese reservations as to rights in Manchuria and Mongolia. See under Consortium: Four-power consortium: Resolutions and draft agreement.
  • Living Buddha, 381, 400
• Navigation of Chinese-Russian rivers, 387
• New Granada law (1855), as basis of boundary between Colombia and Panama, 74–75, 77, 78–79
• Nicaragua:
  • Boundary dispute with Honduras. See under Boundary disputes.
  • Relations with Costa Rica. See Costa Rica: Counter-revolutionary movements and Tinoco government: Recognition.
• Norway: treaty of 1827 with the United States, abrogation of articles in conflict with Seamen’s Act of 1915 and withdrawal of denunciation, 47–54
• Noyes, Pierrepont B., member of Rhineland High Commission, 6, 24, 27, 34
• Oil (see also under Colombia; Costa Rica):
  • British views on U.S. Public Lands Leasing Bill, 168–170; U.S. reply, 171
  • U.S. instructions to diplomatic and consular officers for reports on legislation and concessions, 163–168
• Opium. See under China.
• Pacific Development Corp. See under China: Loans, foreign.
• Panama:
  • Boundary dispute with Colombia. See under Boundary disputes.
  • Convention with the United States for the establishment of a gold-clearance fund, 42n
  • Convention with the United States to facilitate the work of traveling salesmen, 45n
• Pan American Financial Conference, Second, plans for, 37–41
• Paraguay: Convention with the United States for the establishment of a gold-clearance fund, 42n; convention with the United States to facilitate the work of traveling salesmen, 45n; good offices tendered Chile and Peru in Tacna-Arica dispute, 135–136
• Peace Conference, Versailles (see also Committee to Coordinate, etc.; Conference of Ambassadors; Reparation Commission; Rhineland High Commission; Supreme Council):
  • Chinese Delegation, 279, 280, 333–334, 367
  • Concluding sessions, 19–21, 28–29
  • Decision concerning Shantung. See Shantung.
  • Peace treaties. See under Treaties, conventions, etc.
  • U.S. Commission to Negotiate Peace: appointment of Polk as chairman, 1; plans for return to the United States, 17–19, 20–21, 22, 24–25, 26
• Peru (see also Tacna-Arica dispute): boundary dispute with Colombia, U.S. good offices, 80–81, 82, 83, 84; convention with the United States to facilitate the work of traveling salesmen, 45n
• Polk, Frank Lyon, U.S. Commissioner to Negotiate Peace, 3
• Porras, Belisario, Acting President of Panama, views on boundary between Colombia and Panama, 73–74, 79–80
• Port privileges of fishing vessels. See under Canada: Conventions with the United States.
• Protection of U.S. citizens’ lives and property. See under China; Costa Rica.
• Public Lands Leasing Bill (U.S.): British views, 168–170; U.S. reply, 171
• Railways. See under China; see also Chinese Eastern Railway.
• Rathbone, Albert, 12
• Reparation Commission:
  • Committee on organization (Interim Reparation Commission), creation and functions, 2–3, 6, 8–9; U.S. representation, 2, 7, 23, 30
  • U.S. representation, 9–11, 12–14, 21, 30–31
• Rhineland High Commission: jurisdiction over territory of American occupation, 32–33, 34; U.S. representation, 6, 7, 22, 23–24, 27, 33
• Root, Elihu, statement as Secretary of State on boundary between Colombia and Panama, 75, 77–79
• Russia: Chinese merchants, treatment by Omsk government, 387; Mongolia, interests, 363, 400–401; navigation of Sino-Russian rivers, treaty rights, 387
• Sakatani, Yoshiro, Baron, proposed appointment as financial adviser to China, 507, 556–566
• Salmon fishery convention. See under Canada: Conventions with the United States.
• Salvador: attitude toward political disturbances in Costa Rica, 811, 812, 827–828, 844, 847–848; convention with the United States to facilitate the work of traveling salesmen, 45n
• Seamen’s Act of 1915 (U.S.), abrogation of treaties and parts of treaties in conflict with: Norway, arts. 13 and 14 of treaty of 1827, 47–54; Spain, arts. 23 and 24 of treaty of 1902, 54–67; Sweden, treaty of 1827, 67–73
• Semenov, Gregory, ataman of the Far Eastern Cossacks, 363, 387, 610, 613, 614
• Shanghai, foreign settlement. See under China.
• Shantung, decision of Peace Conference at Versailles concerning:
  • Chinese claim concerning secret agreements, 279, 333–334, 367, 690
  • Chinese opposition to decision (see also China: Nationalist movement), 347, 360, 364–365, 367–368, 382–383, 691
  • Japanese press: comments on Shantung settlement, 704–708; criticism of U.S. policies in China, 686–690, 692–693, 696, 700, 705
  • Japanese statements concerning restoration to China, 693, 695–696, 714–718, 722–723, 877–878; U.S. attitude, 716, 719–723
  • Resolutions of American and British organizations in China, 404, 694–695, 698–699, 712; Japanese criticism and U.S. reply, 701–702, 703–704, 712–714
  • U.S. Senate discussions, Chinese reaction to, 382, 403–404
• Siam, abolition of extraterritoriality, 675
• Sockeye salmon fishery convention. See under Canada: Conventions with the United States.
• Spain, negotiations with the United States concerning treaty of 1902: abrogation of articles in conflict with Seamen’s Act of 1915 and withdrawal of denunciation, 54–67; understanding with respect to U.S. income-tax laws and Spanish transport tax, 55–57, 60–61, 62–63, 64–65, 66
• Stevens, John F., 590, 591, 601, 606, 612
• Sturgeon fishery, 244–245, 248–249, 252
• Suárez, Marco Fidel, President of Colombia, views on oil lands and on U.S. treaty of 1914, 724–725, 727, 745–746, 748, 754–755
• Supreme Council of Principal Allied and Associated Powers—Council of Heads of Delegations (see also Committee to Coordinate, etc.; Conference of Ambassadors; Reparation Commission; Rhineland High Commission): creation of Council of Heads of Delegations, 1; final session, 33; resolutions, 15, 29; U.S. representation, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31–32
• Supreme Economic Council, discontinuance of U.S. representation, 5, 8–9
• Sweden: consular convention of 1910 with the United States, continuance of, 67, 68, 69–70, 71–72; treaty of 1827 with the United States, denouncement by the United States, 67, 68–69, 70, 72–73
• Switzerland: arbitration of boundary dispute between Colombia and Venezuela, 81–82, 84; treaty of amity with China, 409
• Tacna-Arica dispute between Chile and Peru:
  • Arbitration, discussion, 133, 151, 153–154, 157–158, 163
  • Bolivian claims to territory, 125–126, 146–148; Bolivian denial of agreement with Chile, 162; British Chargé in Bolivia, proposals, 145–146; Chile, attitude, 156–157, 158, 160, 162
  • Expulsion of Peruvians from Arica, 124, 142, 144–145, 149, 150–151, 151–152; reports by U.S. officials, 144–145, 149, 152
  • Good offices:
    • Argentina, offer, 133, 135, 136–140
    • Paraguay, offer, 135–136
    • U.S. offer, 126–127, 131, 141; Chilean attitude, 134, 139, 140–141, 155–157, 159, 160; Peruvian attitude, 130, 132, 133, 142, 143
    • U.S. suggestion to other South American countries, 127–128, 129, 132, 138–139; action and attitude of Argentina, 128–129, 130–131, 133, 135, 136–140; Brazil, 142; Ecuador, 136, 143; Paraguay, 135–136; Uruguay, 142, 143
    • Uruguay, offer, 142, 143
  • League of Nations, proposed submission of dispute to, 153, 157–159, 160
  • Mediation. See Good offices, Argentina, supra.
  • Military movements, reports, 161–162, 162–163
  • Peace Conference, submission discussed, 148, 150, 153, 154
  • Severance of consular relations: expulsion of Peruvian consul from Iquique, 124, 149; U.S. attitude, 126–127; withdrawal of Chilean and Peruvian consuls, 124–125
• Tariff on fresh fish, convention. See under Canada: Conventions with the United States.
• Tariff revision. See under China.
• Teschen plebiscite commission, 22, 24, 27
• Tibet. See under China.
• Tinoco, Federico. See under Costa Rica.
• Tinoco, Joaquin. See under Costa Rica.
• Toledo Herrarte, Luis, Guatemalan Foreign Minister on Special Mission to the United States, 99
• Trade. See under Austria; China.
• Trans-Siberian railways, agreement for inter-Allied supervision. See under Chinese Eastern Railway.
• Traveling salesmen, convention to facilitate the work of, concluded by the United States with certain Latin American governments, 45–47
• Treaties, conventions, etc.:
  • Amity treaties of China with Bolivia and Switzerland, 409
  • Central American treaty of 1907, references to, 827, 828, 830, 844, 846, 847–848
  • Peace treaty between Austria and Allied and Associated Governments, signature by China, 384
  • Peace treaty between Germany and Allied and Associated Governments:
    • China, not signatory, 383–384, 878
    • Commissions and committees under (see also Committee to Coordinate, etc.; Reparation Commission; Rhineland High Commission): Supreme Council resolution on representation and procedure, 15; U.S. participation, 3–6, 7–8, 9–14, 16, 19, 21–26, 26–28, 29–32, 33
    • Costa Rica, not signatory, 848, 849, 853–854
  • Secret agreements between China and Japan, 333, 344, 345, 347, 348, 394–395, 396, 686, 690–691, 717, 718–721, 877–878
  • U.S.–Canada. See Canada: Conventions with the United States.
  • U.S.–China: treaties of 1844 and 1903, articles on extraterritoriality quoted, 676–677; treaty on tariff revision, discussion, 640, 642, 645, 655, 657, 658–659, 665, 666–667
  • U.S.–Colombia. See Colombia: Treaty of 1846 and Treaty of 1914.
  • U.S.–Latin American Governments: convention for the establishment of a gold-clearance fund (draft text), 42–44; convention to facilitate the work of traveling salesmen (text), concluded with Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Salvador, and Venezuela, 45–47
  • U.S.–Norway: treaty of 1827, abrogation of arts. 13 and 14 and withdrawal of denunciation, 47–54
  • U.S.–Spain: treaty of 1902, abrogation of arts. 23 and 24 and withdrawal of denunciation, 54–67
  • U.S.–Sweden: consular convention of 1910, continuance, 67, 68, 69–70, 71–72; treaty of 1827, denunciation, 67–73
• Tsao Ju-lin, Chinese official, 271, 361, 363, 365, 700, 710
• Tuan Chi-jui, ex-Premier of China. See under China.
• U.S. citizens. See under China; Costa Rica.
• Uruguay: convention with the United States to facilitate the work of traveling salesmen (text), 45–47; good offices tendered Chile and Peru in Tacna-Arica dispute, 142, 143
• Venezuela: boundary dispute with Colombia, U.S. good offices, 81, 82–83, 83–84; convention with the United States to facilitate the work of traveling salesmen, 45n
• Vickers-Armstrong, proposals to build a naval arsenal in Brazil, 204–207, 213–215, 217, 218n; draft contract, 207–213
• Western Telegraph Co., cable interests: Argentina, 174–175, 178–180, 181–182; Brazil, 200–201, 202–203
• Whale fishery, 244, 248, 252
• Wilson, Woodrow: Japanese newspaper attack, 371; message to Congress (Dec. 2, 1919), iii-xiii; statement regarding Shantung, 719
• Yanez, Eliodoro, Chilean senator, 156, 157, 159, 160